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Re:Slack using React Dev Build in Production by sokoloff on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @08:37AM (#14899988)
> similar to how Emacs figured out how to work around slow startup

By dumping binaries, creating emacsclient, but mostly by waiting 25+ years for fast computers w/SSDs to come along?

I love emacs, but slow startup was a problem for multiple decades, IMO.

Re:Slack using React Dev Build in Production by e40 on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @10:38AM (#14901063)
The emacs analogy is a terrible one. I start emacs once a month (or longer). I start slack once a day, sometimes more.